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Topic: I Have Escaped! (Read 10980 times)

After spending last night in hospital with chest pain (heart was going a bit too slow) I realised that if the worst happened to me I dont want to be found in the hell hole where Ive been living so I made up my mind to leave. Tonight I was woken up by a massive scary fight on my floor and there were police everywhere. I packed a suitcase and my backpack and grabbed Sebastion the bear and we have left!Not sure what to do yet but I am free and Im never going back!Wish me luck.Talk soonJoe

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“If loving someone is putting them in a straitjacket and kicking them down a flight of stairs, then yes, I have loved a few people.”

Hey Joe, I'm really happy to hear you have a roof over your head tonight. That's what worried me most when I read your OP. Good luck tomorrow in finding more permanent accommodation. I'm glad you got out of that hell-hole, but I hope you haven't made yourself homeless in the process! Best of luck to you and take care of yourself.

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

Seroconverted: Early 80sTested & confirmed what I already knew: early 90s

Current regimen: Atripla. Last regimen: Epzicom, Sustiva (since its inception with NO adverse side effects: no vivid dreams and NONE of the problems people who can't tolerate this drug may experience: color me lucky )Past regimensFun stuff (in the past): HAV/HBV, crypto, shingles, AIDS, PCP

Just a note to let you all know I'm alive and well. I haven't started looking for a place to stay yet but that's not a problem. Only thing I have to complain about is the on going saga with the diarrhea....I think I now know every public toilet in Sydney....Yuck!

Keep well and take care of yourselves.

GROWLER

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“If loving someone is putting them in a straitjacket and kicking them down a flight of stairs, then yes, I have loved a few people.”

I packed a suitcase and my backpack and grabbed Sebastion the bear and we have left!Joe

And the computer!?

I had really fallen in love with those ex-residents of yours; Mary the vampire, "lets pee in the can and the bottle" promoter, oh the other “very quiet guy” who doesn't talk to anyone even if he sees someone is dead in the kitchen!

Damn. Now, who is going to tell the tale?

Again, for your safety, I am glad that you are outta there.

P.S. he said he paid $2 worth of coins not that he is staying at $2 hotel!

Since (who is sending good vibes meaning best wishes to dear Joe and Sebastion)

be careful if you have allergies, Pepto has aspirin in it. I found out the hard way during a weekend bout of flu with a small bottle of Pepto when I developed an extreme case of Hives and had to be hospitalized. Also through reading other posts here and researching, I learned that Pepto can cause "black hairy tongue".

Imodium (Loperamide) is my drug of choice for the "runs".

best wishes, Growl, on finding a better home for yourself really soon!

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leatherman (aka mIkIE)

All the stars are flashing high above the seaand the party is on fire around you and meWe're gonna burn this disco down before the morning comes- Pet Shop Boys chart from 1992-2015Isentress/Prezcobix

be careful if you have allergies, Pepto has aspirin in it. I found out the hard way during a weekend bout of flu with a small bottle of Pepto when I developed an extreme case of Hives and had to be hospitalized. Also through reading other posts here and researching, I learned that Pepto can cause "black hairy tongue".

Imodium (Loperamide) is my drug of choice for the "runs".

I cannot take Imodium (Loperamide) that gives me hives, and i only take the pepto once or twice a week, to slow things down in my gut, seem to work well for me, when nothing else did

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"it's so nice to be insane, cause no-one ask you to explain" Helen Reddy cc 1974

I have to take loperamide with every dose of HIV meds, so twice daily -- and not just one -- it's three of them twice daily, plus pancreatic/digestive enzymes. If I take them "as needed" instead of with every dose of HIV meds then food just shoots right through me. Been like this for 15 years.

Even with doing all of that I can still get diarrhea, but it's down to maybe just once a week. If ADAP didn't pay for poopey meds I'd be up shit creek.

I have to take loperamide with every dose of HIV meds, so twice daily -- and not just one -- it's three of them twice daily, plus pancreatic/digestive enzymes. If I take them "as needed" instead of with every dose of HIV meds then food just shoots right through me. Been like this for 15 years.

Yeah My GI-doctor told me that I cannot take any of those pancreatic/digestive enzymes ( got's something to do with Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth SIBO) I forget what tho, I see him again for a follow up in March 2012, hope he can help me again w/ all my Diarrhea no matte what i do or eat it always comes back to haunt me without fail

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"it's so nice to be insane, cause no-one ask you to explain" Helen Reddy cc 1974

My best advice for anyone with diarrhea is to keep toilet paper in your car or in your purse. It never hurts to have that bit of comfort with you where ever you go.Traveling over two volcanoes with parasites has taught me a thing or two!

LOL! If hotel rate is $20, say he paid $18.00 notes and paid $2.00 worth of coins. I would not imagine to get $2.00 hotel in Australia. May be in India if u are lucky! Get more wine, better yet keep your bartending job, that will do!!

Edited to add: Nothing wrong with any jobs as long as they pay the bills. At least, now, you know the difference between staying at $2.00 hotel and paying partial hotel charge in $2.00 worth of coins. Before calling anyone illiterate, look yourself at the mirror. Boomerang!

LOL! If hotel rate is $20, say he paid $18.00 notes and paid $2.00 worth of coins. I would not imagine to get $2.00 hotel in Australia. May be in India if u are lucky! Get more wine, better yet keep your bartending job, that will do!!

Are we debating academic and professional credentials? I'm pretty certain you'd lose! But I'll give you credit for trying.

Edited to add. As I'm heading out to work this morning I was still thinking about that comment. I work with many people who don't necessarily have the capacity to work in more skilled fields. They are no less important and in fact, they are grateful to work and provide for their families. Be it a bartender, cook, dishwasher, janitor or whatever, they work all work hard for a living.

I currently work there for personal reasons that I won't delve into. I'm working because I chose to, not because I'm forced to.

Are we debating academic and professional credentials? I'm pretty certain you'd lose! But I'll give you credit for trying.

Don't sweat it, Wolfie. Since2005 is so innocent that he hasn't been able to figure out that Philicia is a 320 pound Latina girl who wears a strap-on in order to infect her unsuspecting victims.

Short bus, anyone?

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"I have tried hard--but life is difficult, and I am a very useless person. I can hardly be said to have an independent existence. I was just a screw or a cog in the great machine I called life, and when I dropped out of it I found I was of no use anywhere else."

The school girl types who carry pink mobile phones, have hair in pigtails, an innocent meek look in their eyes but are actually tigresses in the bed room? As far as relationships go, I've heard they are the ones who really wear the trousers.

How utterly faboolous, dahling. I read on Amazon that they may turn this book into a feature length film. Some people are just lucky.

Maybe we should write a volume on how to score cheap tricks of Dominican, Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Colombian descent. Much betta in bed at any rate.

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"I have tried hard--but life is difficult, and I am a very useless person. I can hardly be said to have an independent existence. I was just a screw or a cog in the great machine I called life, and when I dropped out of it I found I was of no use anywhere else."

Thanks for the messages of support. Just a quick note to let you know that Sebastion and I are doing well. Still sleeping out, but feeling secure. GI issues have significantly reduced after I gave up eating solids. Tried a normal meal on Wednesday but the pain & diarraha returned so I'm back on the Sustigen dietary supplement and feeling much better. I better go before the Apple store "geniuses" realise a PC is leeching their free wifi:)GROWLER

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“If loving someone is putting them in a straitjacket and kicking them down a flight of stairs, then yes, I have loved a few people.”

Thanks for the messages of support. Just a quick note to let you know that Sebastion and I are doing well. Still sleeping out, but feeling secure. GI issues have significantly reduced after I gave up eating solids. Tried a normal meal on Wednesday but the pain & diarraha returned so I'm back on the Sustigen dietary supplement and feeling much better. I better go before the Apple store "geniuses" realise a PC is leeching their free wifi:)GROWLER

Geez Growler, I worry about you Perhaps you need to go see a doc, being virtually homeless is tough enough without having the pain and diarreaha to deal with.

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

Sorry haven't been in contact sooner. Happy to report all is well. Still sleeping out but now eating normal food without any problems. Found a place to have a shower and wash my clothes for free (12 days without a shower was 11 days too long!) Not much else to report. Hope you're all doing wellGROWLER

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“If loving someone is putting them in a straitjacket and kicking them down a flight of stairs, then yes, I have loved a few people.”

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

An update on my situation. I'm doing very well and I'm happy to report i've made a friend. We meet at a drop in centre for the homeless where I've been showering. He's around my age, he doesn't talk to himself, he can string two words together without having to hyphenate them with the word fuck, straight (he knows I'm gay) and "a heroin junkie"(his own words). He also knows I'm poz.....this morning he asked me straight out without me having said anything, saying that I looked poz and he knows a couple of poz guys and before I confirmed his suspicion he drank out of my can to show me that he was comfortable with the fact.

We've been keeping each other company for the last couple of days, mostly just talking and drinking the occasional discreet beer in the park and he's been showing me around the charity stops the town has to offer....I now have a blanket and a pair of jeans, both most welcome with the heavy rains we've been having over the last couple of days. In case you're wondering I've found a place to sleep thats warm, dry, under cover and the security staff turn a blind eye to my presence.

I now also have some money. I'd been cut off unemployment payments after I left my previous accommodation and when I told this to my new mate he explained that if I told the government I was homeless they would reinstate my payment; he was right. I shouted him a cap of H to thank him.....He never asked, it was I who offered to shout him and I'm not going to judge him for his choices.

It's the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras tomorrow night so the city will be in full party mode (around 1/2 million expected to view the parade). I'm tempted to go but probably won't in case I bump into someone who knows me or even worse knows my ex.

I saw a visiting Dr earlier in week at the drop in centre and was prescribed an antiemetic and I'm happy to report the vomiting has stopped (Amen).

Take care folks and I'll be try not to be a so much of a stranger and post a little more frequently.GROWLER

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“If loving someone is putting them in a straitjacket and kicking them down a flight of stairs, then yes, I have loved a few people.”

Hi guys. I'm not sure how you all do it? I can't eat anymore. I went to emergency yesterday and they gave me an antiemetic but I just threw it up. I look in the mirror and I don't recognise myself . Starring back at me is a saggy parody of the face that was once mine. Not sure what happens now. Anyway that's about it folks, take care of each other.

GROWLER

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“If loving someone is putting them in a straitjacket and kicking them down a flight of stairs, then yes, I have loved a few people.”

If you can get re-instated why can't you find another place to live, you really should be on your meds, and lastly, being homeless really isn't where it's at , take care of yourself, and get your ass in gear, you owe it to yourself

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"it's so nice to be insane, cause no-one ask you to explain" Helen Reddy cc 1974